Google Drive app

Flock's deep integration with Google Drive allows you to search for files in your Google Drive account, share them with teammates quickly, and even create new documents, spreadsheets or slides - all within Flock. You can also add multiple Google Drive accounts to browse and share files from any of them.

To make all that magic happen, you'll need to sign-in and give Flock access to files in your Google Drive account. The Google Drive app is pre-installed in Flock.

Add a Google Drive account:

Launch the Google Drive app from Flock's apps sidebar.

Click on My Drive and click on Add a new account.

In the browser window that is launched, login to your Google Drive account, and give Flock the required permissions.

To share files from Google Drive:

Launch the Google Drive app from Flock's apps sidebar.Alternately, you can click on the Google Drive icon in the Attachment Picker.

Click on My Drive and search for the file.The app will search for a match in both file names and the content of each file.

Click on the share icon next to the file and select the chat/channel to share to.

Flock automatically creates a preview of the file and shares it in the chat/channel.

To set file permissions:

Once you share a file in a chat or channel, you'll need to give channel members access to view or edit the file. You can choose to do this for each file, or set a default option for all files you share.

Set file permissions for a shared file:

To give channel members access to view the file, on click Grant View Access.

To give them access to edit the file, click on the ellipsis icon and click on Grant Edit Access.

Set default file permissions for shared files:

Launch the Google Drive app.

Click on the gear icon for settings in the Google Drive app.

Under Permission Settings, select an option.

Flock will automatically give channel members view or edit access based on your choice.